FAMILY TREPONEMATACEAE 



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180; Spirochaete denticola Fliigge, Die 

 Mikroorganismen, 2 Aufl., 1886, 390; Spi- 

 rochaete dentium Miller, Microorganisms 

 of the Human Mouth, Philadelphia, 1890, 

 80; Spirillum dentium Sternberg, Manual 

 of Bact., 1893, 694; Spirochaeta dentium 

 Migula, in Engler and Prantl, Die nattirl. 

 Pflanzenfam., 1, la, 1895, 35; Spirochaeta 

 denticola Arndt, according to Hoffmann 

 and Prowazek, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., 

 Orig., 41, 1906, 819; Dobell, Arch. f. 

 Protistenk., 26, 1912, 117 ; Spironema den- 

 tium Gross, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 

 65, 1912, 88 ; Spirochaeta dentinum McFar- 

 land. Pathogenic Bacteria and Protozoa, 

 7th ed., 1912, 546; Treponema microden- 

 iium Noguchi, Jour. Exp. Med., 15, 1912, 

 81 ; Spirocfuieta orthodonta Hoffmann, 

 Deutsch. med. Wochnschr., 46, 1920, 257; 

 Spirochaeta microdentium Heim, Lehr. d. 

 Bakt., 6 and 7 Aufl., 1922, 477 ; Treponema 

 denticola Brumpt, Nouveau Traits de 

 MMecine, Paris, 4, 1922, 497; Treponema 

 orthodontum Noguchi, in Jordan and Falk, 

 Newer Knowledge Bact. and Immun., 

 1928, 481; Treponema dentium -sieno- 

 gyratum Pettit, Contribution a 1 'Etude 

 des Spiroch6tid6s, Vanves, II, 1928, 240.) 

 The smallest of the mouth spirochaetes. 

 Non-pathogenic. This term probably in- 

 cludes several morphologically similar 

 species which have not as yet been suffi- 

 ciently characterized. 



Treponema drosophilae Chatton. 

 (Compt. rend. Soc. Biol., 73, 1912, 212.) 

 From Drosophila confusa. Six to thirty 

 microns in length, tapers at both ends, 

 four spirals, movement helicodal. 



Treponema gallicolum Lebailly. 

 (Compt. rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 75, 1913, 

 389.) From the caecum of the hen, Gal- 

 lus sp. 



Treponema hilli Duboscq and Grasse. 

 (Compt. rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 94, 



1926, 34; Arch. Zool. Exper. et Gen., 66, 



1927, 484.) From the surface of the body 

 of a flagellate, Devescovina hilli, and in 

 the intestine of a termite, Glyplotermes 

 iridipennis. A very small organism. 



Treponema intermedium Dobell. 

 (Mittelformen, Liihe, Handb. d. Tropen- 



krankh., S, 1906; see Hoffmann and Pro- 

 wazek, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 41, 

 1906, 819 ; Dobell, Arch, f . Protistenk., ^&, 

 1912, 117; Treponema macrodentium No- 

 guchi, Jour. Exp. Med., 15, 1912, 81; 

 Spirochaeta media oris Hoffmann, 

 Deutsch. med. Wochnschr., 46, 1920, 257 ; 

 Treponema medium Brumpt, Nouveau 

 Traits de M^decine, Paris, 4, 1922, 505; 

 Spirochaeta intermedia Pettit, Contribu- 

 tion a I'Etude des Spiroch^tid^s, Vanves, 

 II, 1928, 146; Spirochaeta macrodentium 

 Pettit, ibid., 182; Spirochaeta media and 

 Spironema media Pettit, ibid., 240.) The 

 middle-sized spirochete of the mouth. 



Treponema lari Lebailly. (Compt. 

 rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 75, 1913, 389.) 

 Found in the caecum of birds, also in the 

 guinea-pig. Named for one of the birds, 

 Larus ridibundus. 



Treponema minutum Dobell. {Trepo- 

 nema sp. Dobell, Quart. Jour. Microsc. 

 Sci., 52, 1908, 121; Dobell, Arch. f. Pro- 

 tistenk., 26, 1912, 151; not Treponema 

 minutum Castellani, 1916; not Treponema 

 minutum Noguchi, Jour. Exp. Med., 27, 

 1918, 671 ; Spirochaeta minutum Zuelzer, 

 1925, in Prowazek, Handb. d. path. Pro- 

 toz., .3, 1931, 1682.) From the large intes- 

 tines of toads, Bufo vidgaris. 



Treponema parvum Dobell. (Dobell, 

 Arch. f. Protistenk., 26, 1912, 111 ; Spiro- 

 chaeta parvum Zuelzer, 1925, in Prowazek, 

 Handb. d. path. Protoz., 3, 1931, 1685.) 

 From the intestine of the cockroach, Sty- 

 lopyga {Blatta, Periplaneta) orientalis. 

 Very small organism. 



T'repojiema pavonis Duboscq and Le- 

 bailly. (Arch. Zool. Expdr. et Gen., 10, 

 1912, 331.) From the intestine of the 

 blenny, Blennius pavo. 



Treponema perexile Duboscq and Le- 

 bailly. (Duboscq and Lebailly, Arch. 

 Zool. Exper. et Gen., 10, 1912, 331 ; Spiro- 

 chaeta perexilis Hindle, Med. Res. Coun- 

 cil Syst. of Bact., 8, 1931, 180.) From 

 the blood of a marine fish, Lepadogaster 

 bimaculatus. 



Treponema podovis Ludovic and Blai- 

 zot. (Compt. rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 187, 



